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Arsene Wenger has named an extremely strong side to face Everton in the Barclays Asia trophy final, with a number of first team stars getting the nod.

We saw a mixture of youth and experience against a Singapore select XI in our first pre-season clash, but this team is far closer to the side we are likely to see on a regular basis in the Premier League.

We are also finally going to get to see summer signing Petr Cech make his Arsenal debut, with the former Chelsea shot-stopper starting over Wojciech Szczesny.

Both Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott start, with Aaron Ramsey, Mesut Özil, and Santi Cazorla in midfield. Francis Coquelin doesn’t make the starting XI, with the Frenchman likely to be tired following his 90 minute stint against Singapore XI.

Everton have also named a fairly strong starting XI, so this game will be anything but easy. We will get a chance to see how our current side matches up against Premier League opposition, which will be an excellent measuring stick ahead of the 2015/16 campaign.